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by mwigdahl 2y ago
I prefer fiction in book format because the depth of characterization, thought processes, internal monologues, etc. allow me to connect with and understand the characters at a level that is impossible when watching an actor portraying that
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
This is excellent analysis and expresses what I was thinking on the subject better than I could have. Thanks!
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
Same here -- one or two sentences along those lines in GPT-4's system prompt makes a _world_ of difference.
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
It's definitely a factor for all diets, true. But as I understand it there's a (close to) binary cutover between "you're in ketosis" and "you're not in ketosis", rather than a gradient. If you'
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
I think part of it comes from the fact that you can't do "partial keto" -- you're either in ketosis or not, it's hard for folks to achieve (particularly when new to the diet) and the dietary modifications required a
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
It doesn't require a whiz kid to get around the absolutely terrible implementation of parental controls on iOS. Based on the number of bugs in ScreenTime (TikTok restricted to 15 minutes, but on the same screen shows 2.5 hours of use
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
The question is whether the venue in which the speech is performed in is sufficiently public as to be exempt from regulation. Given that participation on these sites exposes participants to heavy commercial advertising, traffic analysis, a
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
LLMs already make amazing rubber ducks! I would bet you're right -- when we have really good voice UIs for LLMs so it's even more like having a real conversation there are a lot of people who are going to start unlocking consider
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
That would empower labor and reduce profits. Now hear me out, what if you could somehow transmute labor into capital? Then you could actually _own_ the labor and retain _all_ the surplus value generated from it!
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
My experience is that for some people, the physical act of speaking is required for them to think through an issue. Think rubber-duck debugging, but applied to most aspects of their lives. For whatever reason, typing does not seem to serve
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
Sounds disturbingly like "Manna" ( https://marshallbrain.com/manna1 )
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
It would be interesting to see comparisons to tea and decaf coffee, correcting for the amount of caffeine in those beverages. They seem to be assuming caffeine is the causal agent here, in which case there should be detectable parallels wi
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
You are correct, economic activity under capitalism is positive-sum. And that makes the exploitative behavior of megacorporations and their leaders that much worse. The economic pie is growing rapidly, but ruthless cost-focused management
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
Your wife sounds wise. That's a level of self-awareness and discipline that is not common.
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
Por que no los dos?
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
You could pretty easily achieve this with: SELECT [FROM <from-expr> COLUMNS] <column-expr> "SELECT 1" would still be valid, and you'd still have the commands first, but you could also get the benefits of IDE autoc
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
They have successfully bootstrapped evil.
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
I think the only thing you really need to do is unpack your jargon so people who aren't exactly you can understand what you're saying. Even on this site, there are folks with all sorts of different experiences and cultural contex
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
S. P. Somtow nailed this 43 years ago in _Mallworld_. It's completely confusing to me also.
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
https://archive.is/Zvnrl
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
https://archive.is/YBMgY
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
I don't disagree at all, but the natural incentives for those federal agencies are to grow and to do more and acquire more staff and budget, not to cut back.
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
What's cracking, my internet fam?! Your boy mwigdahl is BACK with another epic comment that will blow your mind and tickle your funny bone! Before I drop this atomic truth bomb on y’all, make sure to SMASH that like button, OBLITERAT
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
So to be clear, you are saying that all behavior issues result from medical causes?
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... in rats.
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
Because it implies that they're putting a lot of effort into making bad numbers look good for the report, and the assumption is that they'll either fail or the truth will come out at some point to make the short pay off.
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
Yes. It is part of the job requirement and the essential character of a good wage slave for an hourly, minimum-wage employee to lay down their life with joy and zeal in defense of their employer's profits and property.
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
Does it seem clear to you that a + b is equivalent to b + a? If you know the semantics of join operations (as you should to at least a basic degree if you're going to use them), the SQL notation above is just as clear as the arithmeti
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
This was due in part to the Surgeon General, who tweeted (forcefully) that masks didn't prevent the spread of COVID and anyway you shouldn't wear them to conserve them for the health workers who needed them to prevent the spread o
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by mwigdahl 3y ago
"Teens react to this extreme shoelace knot!"

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